Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-11

! me hover on the confines Of insanity.
At last. after two weeks of agony and
sleeplessness, little relief came. /
was able TO doze half an hour at time
and eat little. My heart ceased to
beat quite as rapidly as it had done.
One night during a fitful sleep dream
ed that the big snake, which had been
about my body for decade, dropped
to the floor, raised it's awful head, and
glided out Of the room. ! awoke with
with sensation Of terrible physi-
cal exhaustion, and my heart was
heating so slowly that it seemed about
10 stop. / opened a bottle of beer
with a trembling hand and drank two
glasses OF it. Ny heart began to beat
stronger and i dropped into calm
sleep for two hours. From that time
on beer became my constant stimulant.
The hops in the liquor have q soothing
effect, and there is nothing like it for
one breaking off from the opium. Two
weeks have elapsed AMI now am free.
The very thought of the drug makes
me sick. Once i dreamed that | had
| returned to its use. The door Of my
room was ajar and | dreamed of taking
the first morsel Of the stuff. / saw that
awful snake thrust his head into the
apartment and prepare to spring upon
me and again coil about my body. ]
awoke with q scream, and if | had been
at all tempted TO return to the habit
that vision would have stopped me. -
LARRY JERoME's GREAT NAME.
Larry Jerome Is not eminent in poll
ties or finance, has never held notable
public position, and his wealth is limit
ed, yet when he arrived from England
yesterday the whole town began TO gOs-
sip, and to-day there are interviews in
the papers columns in length. 1t would
| puzzle an outsider to account for Larry
Jerome's prominence. No recent ar
rival has attracted so much attention.
Beside him the Siamese Princes, the
Duke of Marlborough, Sir Lionel Play
fair, andall the Othernotabilities fade out
of sight. Larry Jerome dwarfs them
all. The explanation is simple: He's
a diner-out, end mighty one at
that. His presence at a table in
sures the success Of the enter
tainmont. Wherever he goes he
is eagerly sought after on account Of
his jollity, Wit, and humor. I've known
John W. Mackey and Roscoe Conkling
to wander about the uptown cafes for
hours trying to find jerome or Tom
! OchIitIce so as to carry them of TO
dinner. 4 more beautiful and touch
ing sight than these four gentlemen
around The festive board il would be
imvOisihlo to imagine. I've seen them
in the Low dcfunct Carleton Club when
even the walters were impressed by the
air Of Feniality and good fellowship
| that lowered over the table. Ochiltree
was benign, rotund, gloomy, fiery.
and Joyous; Alackey silent and
bripht.cycd, smiling with intense
amusement, ConllinG digniiied but quiz
zical and bright, and Larry Jcromcami-
able, easy, quick as q fash Mt repartce,
trimming over with infectious fun-in
word. himself. Ochltrce's fame Is
still growing, and be owes il az 70 his
social qualities. Like Jerome he IS
short, stout, and tie picture Of good
living. There are other men il New
York who are eagerly sought after on
all public occasions and whose names
figure IN the papers as diner5-Out a
hundred or two times year Some of
them are in politics and others are staid
businessmen Whennot whoOping things
mp at night. Senator Arthur ID. Vii
liams is one of the best aiter-dinner
speakers in New York. He is a bril-
L, 4, ,.,l5fsnDl
and le speaks with the ease of long
practice. The best quality OF his after
dinner talk is his ringing and impetuOuS
style. 1t carries everything before it.
COMMUNICATED Hess, who knows
everybody III New York, is another in
| defatigablc dincr-oUt. 4 dinner with
out him is considered an abOrtive and
silly thing He has a quiet, humorous
style that takes well after dinner
Frederick Gibbs, who is sarcastically
referred to as "the Wicked Senator,
is the most extraordinary man / ever
met for larking and joking. He spends
all his time putting up one sort OF
game or another on the miserable men
who enjoy his acquaintance, and the
number of appalling blunders and mis-
takes that can be traced to his door
would have abashed the late comedian
SotheIn. Henry J. Bangs, president
of the famous Turtle Club, IS another
member OF this locally famous little
group. He is a leather merchant 10y
day, but at night his place is at the end
Of n big table, where he shines by rea-
/ go, 90 ro4,,rol o,,dowoaDfs
If Roscoe Conkling, Larry jerome,
Tom Ochiltree, Arthur Williams, Com
missioner Hess, Fred Gibbs, and Hea-
nv Bangs were to organize q fortnightly
dining club, they could make it the
success of the year in clubdom, if they
would all agree TO be there when the
dinner-bell rang.
BRIGHT LIGHTS or FINANCE.
What galaxy OF financial talent has
suddenly shOne ont on the now famous
Baltimore and Ohio deal. One of the
principal figures is Junius s. Morgan,
of the London banking house Of j. ).
Morgan & Go. lie is a man now well
along in lie, being in factnearly seven
ty years OF age. lie comes of an Old
Massachusetts family, though it is Curl
Gus to recall the fact that the name
Morgan is. one Of the earliest known to
Anplo-SaXon civilization. As a boy
j. S. Morgan entered the dry
goods house of James NJ. Beebe
d Co., of Boston. As years went on
he rose higher and higher, and finally
became one of its chief managers
About this time the famous George
Peabody, the banker philanthrOpist,
visited Boston and made it generally
known that he wanted "A partner in his
London house. His attention was
called to young Morgan. He sent for
him and In few minutes an arrange
ment was made and the young man
took the next steamer for Europe. II
was Punishment from his native land,
but gold assuaged any pain this might
naturally have caused, and j. S. Nor
gan is probably well anglicised by this
time. The death of George Peabody
years ago placed him at the head of the
great banking house founded 10y that
financial genius.
Here in New York the real head of
the firm of Drexel, Morgan 4 Co. is j.
Pierpont Morgan, the son of Junius S.
Morgan. Pierpont Morgan would
hardly be taken for the head of great
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